Challenges in glioblastoma research: focus on the tumor microenvironment

A Bikfalvi, CA da Costa, T Avril, JV Barnier, L Bauchet… - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most deadly type of malignant brain tumor, despite extensive
molecular analyses of GBM cells. In recent years, the tumor microenvironment (TME) has …

Dissecting and rebuilding the glioblastoma microenvironment with engineered materials

KJ Wolf, J Chen, JD Coombes, MK Aghi… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and common form of primary brain cancer.
Several decades of research have provided great insight into GBM progression; however …

Human glioblastoma arises from subventricular zone cells with low-level driver mutations

JH Lee, JE Lee, JY Kahng, SH Kim, JS Park, SJ Yoon… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a devastating and incurable brain tumour, with a median overall
survival of fifteen months,. Identifying the cell of origin that harbours mutations that drive …

Current understanding of the neural stem cell niches

V Llorente, P Velarde, M Desco, MV Gómez-Gaviro - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are self-renewing, multipotent cells which give rise to all
components of the central nervous system (CNS) during embryogenesis, but also activate in …

The role of SVZ stem cells in glioblastoma

C Altmann, S Keller, MHH Schmidt - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
As most common primary brain cancer, glioblastoma is also the most aggressive and
malignant form of cancer in the adult central nervous system. Glioblastomas are genetic and …

The subventricular zone, a hideout for adult and pediatric high-grade glioma stem cells

A Lombard, M Digregorio, C Delcamp… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Both in adult and children, high-grade gliomas (WHO grades III and IV) account for a high
proportion of death due to cancer. This poor prognosis is a direct consequence of tumor …

Cognitive impairment and morphological changes after radiation therapy in brain tumors: a review

J Jacob, T Durand, L Feuvret, JJ Mazeron… - Radiotherapy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Life expectancy of patients treated for brain tumors has lengthened due to the therapeutic
improvements. Cognitive impairment has been described following brain radiotherapy, but …

State of radiomics in glioblastoma

B Taha, D Boley, J Sun, CC Chen - Neurosurgery, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Radiomics is an emerging discipline that aims to make intelligent predictions and derive
medical insights based on quantitative features extracted from medical images as a means …

Radiotherapy of glioblastoma 15 years after the landmark Stupp's trial: more controversies than standards?

T Kazda, A Dziacky, P Burkon, P Pospisil… - Radiology and …, 2018 - sciendo.com
Background. The current standard of care of glioblastoma, the most common primary brain
tumor in adults, has remained unchanged for over a decade. Nevertheless, some …

Prognostic analysis and nomogram construction for older patients with IDH-wild-type glioblastoma

W Cao, L Xiong, L Meng, Z Li, Z Hu, H Lei, J Wu… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
As many countries face an ageing population, the number of older patients with
glioblastoma (GB) is increasing. Thus, there is an urgent need for prognostic models to aid …